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NixOS is mostly a rolling-release distro, like Arch, but it rolls a bit more slowly. You can opt into full rolling release with the "unstable" branch, which is
by SAI_Peregrinus 11mo ago
NixOS is mostly a rolling-release distro, like Arch, but it rolls a bit more slowly. You can opt into full rolling release with the "unstable" branch, which is very common. There's not a lot of benefit to "stable" IMO.
- yjftsjthsd-h 11mo agoEr, no it isn't? Yes, unstable is rolling, but otherwise it has releases, like 25.11, which contain breaking changes. It cuts new releases quite quickly and drops old ones fast, but that doesn't make it a rolling distro.